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To: magisterium
Certainly that's what we all did when I was attending the Melkite liturgy for years before I returned to my "roots" at the indult Tridentine Mass.

Interesting! I did not realize you once attended the Melkite Church. We have several Melkite families in our Maronite parish. I'm the one who comes from Indult Tridentine roots :-). We even have a Greek Orthodox family that occasionally celebrates our liturgy because the wife is from Jordan. One big "catholic" family.

40 posted on 01/16/2006 7:00:39 AM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: NYer

I was a "refugee" from massive liturgical abuse in my home parish that began in the 70's, and attended the Melkite cathedral from 1980 to early 1990. When the indult Tridentine Mass was allowed into the Archdiocese of Boston at that time, I felt it was important to return to my ancestral roots, so to speak (though, born in 1957, I had to learn the rite from scratch, just like I did with the Melkites!). I have been back to the Melkite cathedral a few times since then, and I'm still on friendly terms with Bishop John, the deacon and many parishioners. This is easy to do, since my wife is half-Syrian in ancestry and we know lots of Melkites socially. Funny, though, while I was hanging with the Melkites, we weren't married yet, and we seldom attended there together.

If the Latin Mass dies in Boston because of the intended closing of the church we're at, and the new site doesn't work out (it won't, for many reasons, a few of which are simply logistical), my family may be slinking back to the Melkites yet! ;-)


48 posted on 01/16/2006 9:39:59 AM PST by magisterium
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